{"id":47969,"date":"2025-09-28T09:00:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T09:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/47969\/"},"modified":"2025-09-28T09:00:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T09:00:07","slug":"defense-tells-judge-sean-diddy-combs-has-served-enough-time-behind-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/47969\/","title":{"rendered":"Defense tells judge Sean \u2018Diddy\u2019 Combs has served enough time behind bars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/entertainment\/Defense-tells-judge-Sean-Diddy-Combs-has-served-enough-time-behind-bars-2002624?gallery=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/62219472.295.jpg\" alt=\"Hip-hop mogul Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs\" title=\"Hip-hop mogul Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/> <\/a>Hip-hop mogul Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\">Lawyers for hip-hop mogul Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs say the music impresario has \u201cserved enough time\u201d in custody and should walk free when he appears for sentencing next week.<\/p>\n<p>Combs has spent nearly 13 months behind bars following his conviction on two prostitution-related charges. <\/p>\n<p>His defence team is urging the judge to impose a 14-month sentence\u2014effectively crediting him for time already served. Sentencing is set for 3 October 2025.<\/p>\n<p>In filings before the New York federal court, Combs\u2019 lawyers described what they call \u201cextraordinarily harsh\u201d conditions during his pre-sentence detention, including suicide watch, threats from inmates, a knee injury requiring surgery, and cramped, unsanitary quarters with little privacy and poor food quality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are punitive circumstances beyond the ordinary experience of incarceration,\u201d the defence argued, adding that Combs\u2019 reputation and business empire have already suffered \u201cirreparable\u201d damage. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They say endorsements have dried up, long-time partners have distanced themselves, and his global brand\u2014built over three decades in music, fashion and spirits\u2014has \u201ccollapsed overnight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Combs, 55, was acquitted earlier this year of racketeering and sex-trafficking counts, charges that carried far stiffer penalties. His legal team insists the convictions that remain do not merit a lengthy prison term.<\/p>\n<p>Federal prosecutors are seeking a significantly longer sentence, pointing to what they call the seriousness of the prostitution offences and Combs\u2019 \u201cpattern of coercive behaviour,\u201d arguing that his wealth and influence should not buy leniency. <\/p>\n<p>The judge has previously denied bail and signalled concern over Combs\u2019 past violent incidents.<\/p>\n<p>The high-stakes hearing on 3 October will determine whether the Bad Boy Records founder leaves court a free man or remains in custody for years\u2014a stunning turn for one of entertainment\u2019s most recognisable figures and a reminder that celebrity offers no guaranteed shield in the American justice system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hip-hop mogul Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs Lawyers for hip-hop mogul Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs say the music impresario has \u201cserved&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47970,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-47969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}